Table I

Ideal types of institutional logics in the Islamic financial architecture

CharacteristicsExtant-religion logicEmerging-social logicEmerging-banking logic
Economic systemReligious organizationsIslamic systemCapitalism in Islamic system
Sources of identityThe organizations must be imbued with Islamic valuesVision and mission of Islamic Microfinance Institutions (IMFIs)Commercial contracts
Sources of legitimacy“Islamic” as titleFunding from charity and commercial organizationsScale and scope of the organization
Sources of authorityObjectives of Shariah (Maqāsid Shari’āh)Charitable organizationsCommercial organizations
Basis of missionIslamic framework of SDGsEradicate poverty, empower the poor (social bonding)Commercial bonding
Basis of strategyAchieving SDGs for benefit of all stakeholders (whole mankind/Rahmatan lil Ālamīn)Approaches to empower the poorGrowth through global partnership

Source: Mukhlisin and Fadzy (2016) 

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